The history of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 49

Author: Banks, Charles Edward, 1854-1931
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Boston, G.H. Dean
Number of Pages: 580


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1739.


Not represented.


1712.


Matthew Mayhew, (E).


1740.


John Norton, (E).


1713.


Matthew Mayhew, (E).


I74I.


Not represented.


I714.


Not represented.


1742.


John Norton, (E).


1715. Benjamin Skiffe, (c).


Zaccheus Mayhew, (c).


1717.


Benjamin Skiffe, (c).


1743.


Not represented.


1718.


Paine Mayhew, (c).


I744.


John Norton, (E).


John Norton, (E).


1745.


John Sumner, (E).


1719.


Paine Mayhew, (c).


I746.


Not represented.


John Norton, (E).


1747.


Not represented.


1720. Paine Mayhew, (c).


1748.


Not represented.


1721. Enoch Coffin, (E).


1749. Not represented.


Zaccheus Mayhew, (c).


1750.


Not represented.


Joseph Newcomb, (E).


1751.


Not represented.


509


I716.


Not represented.


Jabez Athearn, (T).


Matthew Mayhew, (E).


1727.


Benjamin Smith, (E).


Joseph Norton, (E).


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1752. Not represented.


1769. Not represented.


1753. Not represented.


1754. Not represented.


1770. Thomas Cooke, (E). Jonathan Allen, (c). James Athearn, (T).


1756. Not represented.


I771.


Not represented. Thomas Cooke, (E).


1757. John Norton, (E).


1772.


1758. John Norton, (E).


Matthew Mayhew, (c).


Matthew Mayhew, (c).


I773. Jonathan Allen, (c).


1759. John Newman, (E).


James Athearn, (T).


1760. John Newman, (E).


I774.


(Provincial Congress held at Salem): Joseph Mayhew, (c). Ransford Smith, (T).


1761. John Norton, (E). Jonathan Allen, (c). James Athearn, (T).


1775.


(Provincial Congress held at Watertown): Beriah Norton, (E).


1763. Not represented.


James Allen, Jr., (c).


1764.


John Norton, (E).


Nathan Smith, (T).


James Athearn, (T).


1776.


Thomas Cooke, (E). Joseph Mayhew, (c). Shubael Cottle, (T).


1766. John Norton, (E).


James Athearn, (T). 1777.


No representation on ac- count of the Revolution.


1767. Jonathan Allen, (c). James Athearn, (T).


1778. No representation on ac- count of the Revolution.


1768. William Jernegan, (E). Matthew Mayhew, (c). James Athearn, (T).


I779. No representation on ac- count of the Revolution.


Since the adoption of the State Constitution in 1780, this county has been represented in General Court annually by the following named persons, of whom 39 were from Edgar- town, 20 from Chilmark, 40 from Tisbury, three from Cottage City, one from West Tisbury and one from Gay Head, viz :-


1780. Not represented.


I788.


Not represented.


1781. Not represented.


1789.


Benjamin Allen, (T).


1782. Not represented.


1790.


Wm. Jernegan, (E).


1783. Samuel Norton, (c).


1791. Benjamin Allen, (T).


Ebenezer Smith, (E). Shubael Cottle, (T).


I792. Benjamin Bassett, (c).


Wm. Jernegan, (E).


1784. Benjamin Bassett, (c).


1793.


Benjamin Allen, (T).


Shubael Cottle, (T).


I794. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).


1785. Benjamin Bassett, (c).


1795. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c). Wm. Jernegan, (E).


Benjamin Allen, (T). Wm. Jernegan, (E).


1796. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).


1786. Matthew Mayhew, (c). Benjamin Allen, (T). Wm. Jernegan, (E).


Beriah Norton, (E).


1798. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).


1787. Not represented.


1799. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).


Matthew Mayhew, (c). James Athearn, (T).


1762. Not represented.


1765. James Athearn, (T).


Jeremiah Mayhew, (c).


510


1797. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).


1755. Not represented.


Representatives to the General Court


1800. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c). Wm. Mayhew, (E).


1801. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).


Wm. Mayhew, (E).


1802. Not represented.


1803. Benjamin Allen, (T). Wm. Mayhew, (E). Wm. Worth, (E).


1834.


1804. 1805. Jethro Worth, (E).


Shubael Dunham, (T).


1806. Thos. Cooke, Jr., (E). Shubael Dunham, (T).


1807. Thos. Cooke, Jr., (E). John Davis, (T).


1808. Not represented.


1809. Martin Pease, (E). John Hancock, (T).


1810. Thos. Jernegan, (E).


18II. Simon Mayhew, (c). Samuel Wheldon, (E). John Hancock, (T).


1812. Robert Hillman, (c). Timothy Daggett, (E). Timothy Daggett, (E).


1813.


Not represented.


1814. 1815.


Not represented.


1816.


Not represented.


1817. Not represented.


1818. Not represented. Not represented.


1819.


Peter Norton, (T).


182I.


John Hancock, (c). Wm. Jernegan, (E). Not represented.


1822.


1823. Wm. Jernegan, (E).


1824. Not represented.


1825. Not represented.


1826. Daniel Fellows, Jr., (E). John P. Norton, (T).


1827. Daniel Fellows, Jr., (E).


1828. Harrison P. Mayhew, (c). Charles Butler, (E).


1829. Charles Butler, (E). John P. Norton, (T).


1830. Smith Mayhew, (c). Leavitt Thaxter, (E). Daniel Look, (T).


1831. Smith Mayhew, (c). Eliakim Norton, (T). Leavitt Thaxter, (E).


1832. Smith Mayhew, (c).


1832.


Eliakim Norton, (T). Leavitt Thaxter, (E).


1833.


Harrison P. Mayhew, (c). Leavitt Thaxter, (E). Daniel Look, (T). Ephraim Mayhew, (c). Chase Pease, (E). John Holmes, (T).


1835.


Ephraim Mayhew, (c). Timothy Daggett, (E). Leavitt Thaxter, (E). Daniel Look, (T).


1836. Stephen Skiff, (c). Wm. Coffin, (E). Timothy Daggett, (E). Thomas Dunham, (T).


1837. Mayhew Cottle, (c). Thomas Bradley, (T).


Wm. Coffin, (E). Daniel Davis, (E). Wm. Davis, (T).


1838. Mayhew Cottle, (c). Thomas Bradley, (T). Abraham Osborne, (E).


I839. Benjamin Davis, (E). Chase Pease, (E). Thomas Bradley, (T).


1840. Daniel Flanders, (c). Daniel Davis, (E). Elihu P. Norton, (E). Bartlett Allen, (T). Asa Johnson, (T).


1841. Heman Vincent, (c) .? Abraham Osborne, (E).


1842. Richard L. Pease, (E). Walter Hillman, (T).


1843. Heman Vincent, (c). Alfred Norton, (T).


1844. Not represented.


1845. Smith Mayhew, (c). Joseph Mayhew, (E). Matthew P. Butler, (T).


1846. Stephen Skiff, (T).


1847. Samuel Osborne, (E). Jonathan Luce, Jr., (T).


1848. Sirson P. Coffin, (E).


1849. Heman Arey, (E). Wm. A. Mayhew, (T).


1850. Heman Vincent, (c). Heman Arey, (E). Jonathan Luce, Jr., (T).


5II


1820.


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1851. Heman Vincent, (c).


1876. Richard Holley, (E).


1877. Richard Holley, (E).


Sirson P. Coffin, (E). Wm. S. Vincent, (T).


I878. Benjamin Clough, (T).


1852. Wm. Vincent, (E).


Charles B. Allen, (T).


1880.


Stephen Flanders, (c).


1853. Samuel Keniston, (E). Charles B. Allen, (T).


I882.


Tristram R. Holley, (E).


Thomas Barrows, (T).


1883.


Tristram R. Holley, (E).


1854. Ephraim Mayhew, Jr., (c).


Geo. R. Marchant, (E).


1885.


Everett Allen Davis, (T).


David Tilton, Jr., (T).


I886.


Beriah T. Hillman, (c).


1855. Samuel G. Vincent, (E).


I887.


Oliver E. Linton, (cc).


Hiram Nye, (T).


I888.


Edwin D. Vanderhoop, (GH)


1856. John Vincent, (E).


1889.


Cornelius B. Marchant, (E).


Nathan Mayhew, (T).


1890.


Cornelius B. Marchant, (E).


1857. John Vincent, (E).


Henry Bradley, (T).


1892. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (T).


1858. Not represented.


1893. Asa Smith, (c).


1859.


Joseph W. Holmes, (T).


Wm. A. Morse, (T).


I860. Alexander Newcomb, (T).


1894. Otis Foss, (cc).


1863.


Wm. H. Sturtevant, (T).


1897.


Otis Foss, (cc).


I864.


Wm. H. Sturtevant, (T).


1898.


Wm. S. Swift, (T).


I865.


Samuel Osborne, (E).


1899.


Wm. S. Swift, (T).


I866. Daniel Davis, (E).


1900.


Benjamin G. Collins, (E).


1867.


Daniel Davis, (E).


1901. Benjamin G. Collins, (E).


I868.


Charles Bradley, (T).


1902. Benjamin G. Collins, (E).


1869. Charles Bradley, (T).


1903. Herbert N. Hinckley, (T).


1870.


John Wesley Mayhew (c).


1904. Herbert N. Hinckley, (T).


1871.


Nathaniel M. Jernegan, (E).


1905. John E. White, (E).


1872. Nathaniel M. Jernegan, (E).


1906. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (WT).


1873. David Mayhew, (T).


1907. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (WT).


1874.


David Mayhew, (T).


1908.


Ulysses E. Mayhew, (WT).


1875. Beriah T. Hillman, (c).


1896.


Otis Foss, (cc).


I86I. Allen Tilton, (c).


1895.


Otis Foss, (cc).


I862. Edgar Marchant, (E).


I891. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (T).


I884.


Everett Allen Davis, (T).


1879. Benjamin Clough, (T).


Tristram Cleveland, (cc).


1881.


From the above it will be noted that for a period of two hundred and sixteen years the county has not been repre- sented at forty sessions. The longest continuous hiatus was 1746 to 1756 inclusive, but since 1859 there has been no break in the yearly representation of this county to the General Court.


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MILITIA LISTS, 1757


The following lists of those males able to bear arms in the several towns in the year 1757 are the earliest ones of this character now known to be in existence. They are valuable to establish the residences of persons living on the Vineyard one hundred and fifty years ago, and quite worth the space as a census of the able-bodied citizens at that date. The "alarm list," as distinguished from the militia list, comprised those who were ready to go to the front upon an "alarm" sent out by the Colonel.


The lists are arranged alphabetically for convenience of reference, but the spelling of the names and other words fol- low the original literally.


[Mass. Arch. XCV, 209]


A LIST OF THE FOOT COMPANY OF MELITIA IN EDGARTOWN UNDER THE COMMAND OF


LIEFT COLONELL JOHN NORTON, (Captain)


ELIJAH BUTLER, Sergeant


BENJAMIN PEAS, Sergeant


DANIEL VINCENT, Sergeant


SOLOMON NORTON, Sergeant


JOSEPH DAGGETT, Drummer; MATTHEW MAYHEW, Drummer


PRIVATES


Atsatt, John


Covell, James, Jr. Jethro


Dunham, Ebenezer


Atwood, John


Elijah


Butler, Abner


Joseph


Hezekiah


Cornelius


Matthew


Nathan


Daniel


Micajah


Seth


Elijah, Jr.


Timothy


Daggett, Brotherton Ebenezer


Matthew


Thomas, Jr. William


Prince


Samuel


Crosby, Lot


Thomas, Jr.


Thomas


Cunningham, John, Jr. Davis, David


Coffin, Benjamin


Thomas


Fish, Henry


David


Chase, Joseph


Daniel


Cleveland, Joseph


Fish, James Thomas, Jr.


Richard


Dunham, David


Haden, Prince


513


John


Claghorn, Benjamin


George


Nicholas, Jr.


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Huxford, Joseph Hammett, Robert Holmes, John


Norton, Seth Silas William


Smith, Benjamin


Ebenezer, Jr.


Elijah


Joy, Ebenezer


Neal, Thomas


John


Jarnikins, William


Norris, Thomas


Joseph


Norton, Beriah


Samuel


Samuel, Jr.


Marchant, Abisha


Pease, Abisha


Shaw, James


John, Sr.


Benjamin, Jr.


John, Jr.


Daniel


Seth


Ephraim


Sumner, John, Jr.


Silas


Fortunatus


Tesker, William


Mackelroy, William Norton, David


Joseph, Jr.


John


Elijah


Peter


Joseph


Elisha


Prince


Nathaniel


Henry


Shobal


Samuel


Ichabod


Stephen


Thomas, Jr.


Jabez


Timothy


William


John


William


Wheldon, Samuel


John, Jr.


Roberd, William


Wiswall, Samuel


Joseph


Ripley, Cornelius Joseph


Wood, Jeremiah


Yamons, Silas


[Mass. Arch. XCV, 211]


AN ALARM LIST OF THE MELITIA IN EDGARTOWN, UNDER THE COMMAND OF


JOHN NORTON, LIEFT. COLL.


Arey, Thomas


Kelley, Lemuel


Peas(e), John


Beetle, Christopher


Luce, Henry Matthew


Seth


Burgess, Luce


Thomas, Jr.


Bunker, Jonathan


Marchant, Cornelius


Malatiah


Butler, Ebenezer


Newman, John


Matthew


Coffin, Samuel


Norton, Bayes


Beriah


Abner John


Enoch


Ripley, Peter


Cousens, John


Nathan


Sumner, John, Esq.


Cunningham, John


Isaac, Jr.


Smith, Ebenezer, Esq.


Dunham, Shoball Benajah, Jr.


Timothy, Jr.


Sq(u)ier, John


Daggett, Benjamin Thomas


Silvanus


Vinson, Joseph Barnabas


Fish, Thomas Finlay, Samuel


Peas(e), Joseph Malatiah, Jr.


Wiswall, Ichabod John


Harper, John


Judah


Stuard, Daniel


Isaac, Sr. Stephen


Abner


Jenkins, Lemuel Luce, Barnabas Christopher Paul


Cornelius Timothy


Palmer, Amiziah


Thomas Timothy


Stuard, Samuel Timothy


James


Vinson, Benjamin


Shobal


Peter


Russell, Pelatiah


514


Militia Lists


[Mass. Arch. XCV, 210]


A TRUE LIST OF THE FOOT COMPANY IN TISBURY, EXCEPTING THOSE WHO ARE EXEMPTED FROM MILITARY MUSTER.


(GERSHOM CATHCART) CAPTAIN.


THOMAS LOOK, Sergeant


JOHN LUCE, Sergeant


JOSEPH MERRY, Sergeant


RANSFORD SMITH, Sergeant


THOMAS BUTLER, Drummer; JOSEPH CATHCART, Drummer


PRIVATES


Athearn, Abijah


Hatch, Eleazer


Lumbert, Elisha


Jabez, Jr.


Hillman, Timothy


Gideon


Simon


Lewis, Samuel


Lemuel


Allen, Thomas


Larsha, John


Moses


Butler, John


Luce, Abraham


Timothy


Burgess, Jonathan


Adonijah


Manter, Belcher


Chase, Benjamin Jonathan


Abijah


Jabez


Samuel


Beriah


Jonathan


Crosby, John


George


Mayhew, John Malatiah


Crowell, Benjamin Samuel


Israel


Norton, Shubal


Cartwright, Bryant


Jacob


Osborn, Samuel


Clifford, Jacob


Josiah


Rand, Caleb, Jr.


Cottle, Shobal


Jonathan, Jr.


Thomas


Seth


Litchfield


John


Daggett, John


Malatiah


Rogers, Matthias Robert Thomas


Seth


Robert


Swain, Benoni


Dunham, Gershom John


Reuben


Smith, Joseph Matthew


Foster, Jonathan Milton


William


William


William


Zaccheus


Whelden, John


Gray, Isaiah


Look, Daniel


Waldron, Joshua Nathan


Hancock, Josiah Nathaniel, Jr. Russell


Joseph


Thomas


Harden, Shubael


Seth


Samuel, Jr.


Hammett, Jonathan


Stephen


William


Hatch, Samuel


Lumbert, Benjamin


NOTE .- The name of Gershom Cathcart does not appear as "Captain," but as he was a militia captain at that period it is inserted in brackets under the assump- tion that the omission was accidental, or the document incomplete. The company must have had a captain.


515


Isaac


Obed


Peter


Peter


Roland


Stephen


Nathan


John


Noah


Weeks, Samuel


Anthony


Jeremiah


Hezekiah


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[Mass. Arch. XCV, 210]


THE ALARM LIST, DRAWN BY MR. JAMES ATHARN, CLERK OF THE FOOT COMPANY IN TISBURY.


Allen, Ebenezer


Gray, Samuel


Manter, Whitton


Butler, David


Hancock, Nathaniel


Newcomb, Baise


Shubael


Look, Benjamin


Norton, Eliakim


Case, Barnard


Elijah


Rand, Caleb


Cathcart, Robert


George


Robinson, Jacob


Cottle, Silvanus


Luce, Isaac


Rogers, Nathaniel


Chase, Isaac


Joseph


Wass, Wilmot


Thomas


Timothy


West, Elisha


Cohoon, William


Lumbert, Samuel


Frank


Foster, Benjamin


Manter, George


A true List by me Jas Athearn, Clerk March 7th Annoq. Dom: 1757. Attested before me ZachS Mayhew Justice of the Peace


[Mass. Arch. XCV, 208]


A LIST OF ALL THE MEN BELONGING UNTO THE COMPANY OF THE MILITIA WITHIN THE TOWN OF CHILMARK, WHO ARE TO APPEAR AT AN ALARM UNDER THE COMMAND OF ZACCHEUS MAYHEW, Colonel FORTUNATUS MAYHEW, Leiften't ZACCHEUS MAYHEW, Ensign


ELIASHIP ADAMS, Sergearnt


URIAH TILTON, Sergearnt


JOHN BASSET, Sergearnt JOSIAH TILTON, Sergearnt


PRIVATES


Adams, Mayhew


Clark, Matthew


Lock, Jonathan


Allen, James


Daggett, Solomon


Luce, Levi


James, Jr.


Dunham, Daniel Zephaniah


Lothrop, Thomas


Josiah


Foster, Edward


Jeremiah


Robert


Hillman, Benjamin


Matthew


Samuel


David


Nathan


Silvenas


Henry


Nathan, Jr.


Armstrong, William


John


Pain


Bassett, Barachiah


Joseph


Samuel


Cornelius


Samuel


Seth


Nathaniel


Silas


Simon


William Stephen


Thomas


Boardman, Rev. Andrew Hatch, Benjamin


Timothy Zachariah


Burgess, Shubael


Timothy


Cottle, Abishai Benjamin


Hunt, Samuel


John


Jones, Daniel Ebenezer


Megee, John John, Jr. Mott, Samuel


Jethro


Mayhew, Josiah


516


Militia Lists


Nickerson, Samuel Norton, Daniel Jacob


Skiff, James


Tilton, Isaac


Nathan


Matthew


Joseph


Nathan


Sylvester


Stephen


Peter


Pease, Shubael Sylvanus


Steward, William


Salathiel


Robinson, Isaac


Tilton, Beriah


Silas


Redman, Micah


Elisha


Siranah (Cyrano)


Smith, Shobal


John, Jr.


William


Skiff, Benjamin


Joseph


Winpenney, William


Col. Zaccheus Mayhew's attested Return, dated March 2nd, 1757


pr WILLIAM BASSETT, Clerk


517


John


Reuben


THE ARMY


The following list of persons belonging or credited to the Vineyard represents, as far as obtainable, the names of the persons who served in the army during the Civil War, 1861-65, with a record of their Regimental and Company assignments. Many names in this list are those of non-res- idents and foreigners who received bounties from the several towns for filling their respective quotas. Most of these may be readily distinguished, but they are included as part of the record of the Vineyard in this War. The list has been com- piled by the author from the original records in the Adjutant General's Office, Boston, Mass., and it is believed to be as complete, as well as authentic, as it is possible to make it from the material available.


*


NAME


| Age


Credited to


Reg't


Co.


REMARKS


Adams, Wm. C.


32


Tisbury


45th


H


Anderson, Nils


30 Tisbury


IIth


H


Athearn, Eliaship A.


Tisbury


45th


H


Barnes, John


Edgartown


42nd


D


Of Virginia Cavalry.


Beetle, Edward E.


22


Edgartown


3rd F


Benson, David W.


32 Tisbury


3rd


C Cavalry [at Boston


Beaufort, Charles


23 Tisbury


3rd c Alien. Artillery. Enlisted


Bliss, Edward


2I


Chilmark


42nd


H


Bollen, Charles


26 Tisbury


56th


F


Boswell, Joseph P.


Chilmark


43rd


K


Bowles, Thomas


Tisbury


42nd


C


Of Rhode Island.


Boyd, James


Tisbury


42nd


C


Bradley, Henry


19|Tisbury


38th


H


Brown, John


Edgartown


42nd


G


Mariner. Alien.


Budlong, Frank L.


28 Tisbury


4th


E


Sergeant, Cavalry.


Bunker, Elihu M.


22 Edgartown


40th


D


Buswell, James E.


28 Edgartown


3rd


F


Butler, Hebron Vincent


Edgartown


2nd


Cahill, Hugh


30 Tisbury


28th


A


[1863


Carr, John


26 Edgartown


4th


K


Port Hudson, La., June 14, Of Connecticut.


Clark, Leonard


21 Edgartown


Ist


H


Cleaveland, Thos. D.


23 Edgartown


58th


E


Cleaveland, Chas. W.


32 Edgartown


3rd


Corporal.


Bash, James


35 Tisbury


5th


F


Rhode Island Battery.


518


The Army


NAME


Credited to


Reg't


Co.


REMARKS


Coffee, John M.


30


Tisbury Edgartown


28th 42nd Ist


A D H


Alien.


Cornell, Enoch C.


34


Edgartown Tisbury


42nd 42nd 20th


H


Crowell, Barzillai


22


Tisbury


3rd


Cavalry. Of Rhode Island.


Curtis, James W.


41 Edgartown Edgartown


5th


Dart, Carl


Davenport, Peleg D. B. 25


Tisbury


Ist 25th 3rd


K I K H D


Unassigned. Alien.


Dexter, Thos.


25


Edgartown


47th


I Cavalry. B Of Connecticut. Mariner.


Dow, Samuel H.


34 Tisbury


C Cavalry.


Dowling, B. S. C.


29 Edgartown Tisbury


Ist 3rd 18th


K G


Ellis, John R.


22 Edgartown Edgartown


42nd 40th 42nd


D Of New York.


Evans, Benjamin F.


24 Tisbury


Veteran Reserve Corps.


Failey, Michael


Edgartown Tisbury


6th 48th 42nd 5th


C


Filley, Chas. C.


21 Tisbury


19th


A


Fisher, Calvin


Edgartown


28th


c H


Fisher, Cyrus


Edgartown Edgartown


2nd


Andersonville Prison, 1864


Fisher, John P.


20 Edgartown Edgartown


Ist


D


Geils, Jerod


C Cavalry.


Giacomo, Gusevio


Tisbury


Gleason, Jos. H.


26


Chilmark


Gorman, Wm.


23 Chilmark


H I H


Alien. Enlisted Boston.


Gorse, Arthur


Tisbury


42nd


I Alien.


Gracy, David Gray, Geo. Gregory, Samuel D.


44 Edgartown Edgartown Chilmark


42nd 42nd 48th 24th 45th


D H H G H


Alien.


Griffin, Michael


|21 Tisbury


Third Inf., Reg. Army.


Grinnell, Oliver C.


Gromar, Henry


2I Gosnold Tisbury 29


2nd


A


Alien. Mariner. Alien.


Hall, John Hamblin, Cyrus


23 Tisbury Chilmark


Ist


C


I c


Crowell, Jerry W. Curran, Edward


25 Tisbury


Tisbury


42nd


C D Cavalry. Of Connecticut.


Delahunt, James


Devine, Patrick


44 Tisbury Edgartown


48th


Diamond, James 41 Chilmark Edgartown


5th


Dindy, John


Eastman, John


Fall, James


Fields, John


44


Tisbury


28th 3rd


F


Gahegin, Thos.


Getchell, James H.


27 Tisbury Tisbury


3rd 42nd 42nd 42nd 42nd 42nd 3Ist 45th


C C H Alien. Of New Hampshire.


Gorman, James


4I Edgartown


Gordon, Chas.


Tisbury


I


Alien.


19


c H E


Alien. Alien. Cavalry. First Lieutenant.


C


Fisher, Geo. L.


D


Ellis, Wm. H.


Age


Coombs, Isaiah S.


Covell, Frank


Crocker, Gilbert H. 18 Tisbury


G Alien.


519


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NAME


Credited to


Reg't


Co.


REMARKS


Hammond, John W.


Tisbury


3rd


Of Mattapoisett.


Harrington, Wm. H.


33


Edgartown


40th


42nd


|D


Heft, John


40


Tisbury


3rd


C


Alien. Cavalry.


Hillman, Beriah T.


20 Chilmark


43rd 38th


K H


Hinckley, Ambrose S.


Tisbury


3rd


B


Cavalry.


Hobart, Albert I.


35


Tisbury


45th


G


Howe, Wm. W.


42 Tisbury


Howland, James N.


Tisbury


45th 40th


E


Johnson, John


24 Tisbury


56th


Johnson, Peter


Gay Head


44th


Credited to Boston. [Army Engineer Corps, Regular Credited to Boston.


Kilcup, John W.


Tisbury


Ist


42nd 48th H Alien.


Assistant Surgeon.


Leady, John


2I


Edgartown


Ist


K


Lewis, Edward R.


24 Tisbury


2Ist


A First Lieutenant.


Lietch, Robert


Edgartown


48th


Alien.


Luce, Asa R.


29 Tisbury


3rc


Cavalry.


Luce, Benjamin N.


2I Tisbury


20th


Luce, Edward D.


41


Chilmark


24th


G


Luce, Franklin W.


24 Tisbury


18th E


Luce, John N.


Edgartown Tisbury


3rd


I


[1863.


Luce, Lewis P.


22


Tisbury


4Ist


C


Died at Baton Rouge, La., Of Maine. Alien.


Malady, Thos.


23 Tisbury


6Ist


H D


Mathews, Thos.


Edgartown


42nd


K


Mayhew, Caleb D.


Rhode Island Infantry.


Mayhew, John S.


19 Edgartown


58th


E


Mayhew, John W.


28 Chilmark


43rd


K


Mayhew, Joseph B.


2I Chilmark


3rd


c


Cavalry. Cavalry.


Mayhew, Timothy


27 Chilmark


3rd C


Mayhew, Wm. Brandon Merry, Wm. C.


Tisbury


32nd


I K


Illinois Infantry. Artillery.


Millbank, John Milligan, Chas.


23 Tisbury


2nd B


Moore, William


24 Edgartown


54th 45th


G


Mussey, Geo. B.


Edgartown


Ist


McCaulley, Peter


Edgartown


48th


I Cavalry Sergeant. H Alien.


McCollum, John L.


18 Tisbury


45th


D


Musician.


Hillman, Benj.


Tisbury


Hillman, Warren T.


Chilmark 21


43rd


K


Corporal.


Holmes, Samuel


Tisbury


42nd


Alien.


Kenney, Edward


19 Edgartown


Lane, Salmon B.


Tisbury


Edgartown


Larrabee, Geo. H.


24 Edgartown


Ist


H C I


Enlisted Edgartown.


4Ist


c


Luce, Leander


Main, James W.


Tisbury


42nd


Meara, Sherman T.


28 Tisbury Chilmark


43rd


Ist


40th E


43 Tisbury


Ist


F


Morse, Edmund B.


Edgartown


520


Age


Hatham, John


Edgartown


I D


D H


Lahiffe, Timothy


Tisbury


The Army


NAME


Credited to


Reg't


Co.


REMARKS


McGinty, Anthony .


Chilmark


22nd


McIrney, Thos.


19 Tisbury


2nd


McKenney, Thos. F.


Edgartown


42nd


C


Cavalry. Enlisted Boston.


McKenna, Bernard


Tisbury


42nd


C


Of Connecticut. Alien. Alien. Unassigned.


Nicholson, Angus G.


Tisbury


42nd


B


Alien.


Nickerson, Lucas M.


19 Tisbury


45th


H


Norton, Damon Y.


34 Edgartown


45th


D


Norton, Francis


35 Edgartown


3rd G


Norton, Frank


34


Edgartown


2nd E


Artillery.


Norton, Shubael M.


23 Tisbury


3rd


F


Sergeant of Artillery


O'Brien, Cornelius


18 Tisbury


I2th


47th


I Alien.


O'Connell, James


Edgartown


48th


H


Alien.


O'Leary, Timothy


45 Tisbury


Veteran Reserve Corps.


O'Shaughnessy, James


Edgartown


42nd


D


Osborne, John


Tisbury


42nd


C


Packard, Davis H.


Tisbury


45th G


Peak, William


Tisbury


45th


H


Pease, Francis, Jr.


2I


Edgartown


140th


D


Pease, Wm. W.


42 Tisbury


45th


H


Pent, Samuel


Edgartown Chilmark


38th


H


Lieutenant of Cavalry.


Phillips, John


24/Chilmark


42nd 40th


H


Ripley, Jos. A.


2I Edgartown


3rd


Roberson, Chas.


Tisbury


56th


Rose, Alfred P.


Gay Head


23rd


Scotchard, Jos.


27 Tisbury


4th


40th


26 Tisbury


2nc


E


Smith, Benjamin


22 Edgartown 40th


D


Smith, Chauncey C.


22 Edgartown Edgartown


Ist 42nd


D


Smith, Elisha M.


18 Tisbury


20th


I Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. d. Salisbury Prison, 1864.


Smith, Eliakim M. Smith, James Smith, John


39 Tisbury


Ist


G


Smith, Marcus M.


22 Edgartown


Ist


G


Smith, Wm. W.


26 Edgartown


Ist


H


Sneffle, William Swain, John T.


18 Tisbury


45th


H H


Thompson, William


20 Edgartown


42nd 20th


Thompson, David S.


44


Chilmark Tisbury


42nd D


Tilton, Cornelius L .! Tilton, James N.


21


Chilmark


Ist


C


27 Edgartown


3rd


F


D F K U E D


Enlisted Boston. U. S. Colored Troops. Killed at Petersburg, Va. Musician.


H


Smith, Christopher


23 Edgartown


58th 3rd


E F


3I Edgartown


Cavalry.


Edgartown


Ist


E


Alien.


A Musician.


Thompson, James


52I


.


I Also 39th.


O'Brien, John


Edgartown


42nd H


Quinn, John


Ripley, Alonzo


26 Edgartown


18|Edgartown


Shute, Richard G. Simons, John


| Age


I K


Newhard, Francis


Tisbury


History of Martha's Vineyard


NAME


Age


Credited to


Reg't


Co.


REMARKS


Todd, Samuel


40


Tisbury


5th


F


Cavalry.


Totten, Wm. A. P.


19


Edgartown


Ist


H


Trembo, Christopher


140 Tisbury


19th


C


Also Trembley.


Vincent, Chas. M.


2I


Edgartown


40th


D


Second Lieutenant.


Vincent, Frederick M.


24 Tisbury


3rd


L


Ist Serg't; d. Ship Id., 1862


Vincent, Francis P.


30 Edgartown


3rd


F


Vincent, Albert C.


Edgartown


23rd


D Credited to New Bedford.


Vincent, James H.


20| Tisbury


45th


H


Corporal.


Waldron, Jos. B.


20 Tisbury


45th H


Weeden, Warren D.


3I


Chilmark


43rd


K


Of North Carolina.


West, Thos. A.


22 Tisbury


3rd


C Sergeant of Cavalry; k. at Winchester, 1864.


West, Wm. D.


Chilmark


43rd C


Wilbur, Henry C.


22 Edgartown


58th E


Wilbur, James


28 Tisbury


20th I


Wilbur, Jos. H.


19


Edgartown


3rd


F


Widdup, John


Tisbury


3rd


Cavalry. Enlisted Boston.


Wilson, Chas. B.


Edgartown


42nd


D


Alien.


Wilson, Geo. E.


Tisbury


42nd


K


Alien.


Worth, Jethro


25


Edgartown


3rd


Wright, William


43


Tisbury


5th


Cavalry.


The above lists show a total of 185 men credited to Mar- tha's Vineyard, divided among the towns as follows: Tisbury 88; Edgartown 73; Chilmark (including Gay Head 2 and Gosnold 1) 24. This does not correspond, except in the case of Tisbury, with the statements in the text, pp. 425-8, taken from Shouler's "Massachusetts in the Civil War." The original returns of the Selectmen to the Adjutant-General were examined and checked by the author, and the result is as near as can be obtained when the system of quotas and credits in vogue at that time is considered. Towns were required to furnish certain numbers when a "draft" was made, and if the quota was not forthcoming from the legal residents, the Selectmen resorted to the payment of bounties and bought the necessary number from other places. Frequently our town officials went to Boston and bid for them among the transients of the metropolis, in competition with other towns, at the recruiting booths. In this way the strange names in the above lists are accounted for, and their connection with the Vineyard thus legalized. This confusion was increased in many cases where towns exceeded their limit and the State authorities credited this surplus to places that were deficient, and such


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men were considered as belonging to their home town while filling a vacancy elsewhere. Frequently in the confusion of these large drafts no complete record of such transfers and credits would be made, and the result has been to create com- plications in the muster rolls and town credits that defy ad- justment. This explanation may serve to show why it is impossible to establish a correct list of soldiers properly be- longing to a given town during the war.


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NAVAL SERVICE


The following list of persons belonging or credited to the Vineyard represents, as far as obtainable, the names of persons who served in the navy during the Civil War, with a record of the services of each. In addition to these persons, there were 'enlisted in the navy by the State at large and credited to the towns, 33 for Edgartown, 30 for Tisbury. The author is indebted to the late Dr. Winthrop Butler for much of the following information, particularly that relating to the char- acter of the service rendered. The list includes a few persons now resident who did not live on the island during the war.




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